Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

The Autobiography of Malcom X, by Malcolm X

5 reviews

annadrinksmilk's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative inspiring slow-paced

4.75

.25 off only for sexism & antisemitism, everything else it phenomenal 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Death of parent, and Mental illness

melaniekarin's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

4.0

really insightful, eye opening firsthand account that still… sadly… seems so prescient 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Murder, Mental illness, and Islamophobia

michaelion's review against another edition

challenging dark funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.25

Aside from the early 1900s slang, I would consider this a contemporary autobiography. Everything said in this book 57 years ago could have been said by someone yesterday. You don't have to look real hard to see things really have not changed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Addiction, Classism, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Toxic friendship, Xenophobia, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Murder, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Slavery, Ableism, Bullying, Cursing, and Death of parent

Minor: Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Incest, Gaslighting, Mental illness, and Rape

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring medium-paced

4.0

I don’t love the way that Malcolm talks about women in this autobiography but other than that, I appreciated reading about the life of Malcolm X. I learned so much that I didn’t realize about him. He was so well-read and self-taught. I’m glad I finally read this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cursing, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Gun violence, Islamophobia, Mental illness, Murder, Racism, Sexism, and Violence

maryshelleys's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Slavery, Racism, Racial slurs, Police brutality, Mental illness, Hate crime, and Death